Atlas (disambiguation)

An atlas is a collection of maps.

Atlas may also refer to:

Contents 1 Greek mythology 2 Science 2.1 Astronomy 2.2 Biology 2.3 Physics 2.4 Mathematics 2.5 Space 3 Computing 4 Geography 5 Entertainment 6 Literature and press 7 Comics 8 Companies 9 People 10 Military 11 Automotive 12 Sport 13 Other 14 See also

Greek mythology

• Atlas (mythology), a Titan who bore the spheres of the heavens; inspiring the widely used image of a man carrying a celestial sphere on his back or shoulders (also known as Atlas Telamon or "enduring Atlas")
  • Farnese Atlas, a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the Titan, "Atlas"

Science

Astronomy

• Atlas (moon), a moon of Saturn
• Atlas (crater), a prominent impact crater on the Moon
• Atlas (star), a triple star system in the Pleiades cluster

Biology

• A book about flora and/or fauna of an area or region (see for example Atlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and Ireland)
• Atlas (anatomy), the topmost cervical vertebra of the spine
• Atlas Bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri), an extinct subspecies of the Brown Bear
• Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma atlas), a rhinoceros beetle species
• Atlas Cedar, a cedar tree sometimes included in Cedrus libani, sometimes treated as species C. atlantica
• Atlas Flycatcher (Ficedula speculigera), a songbird species sometimes included in the Eurasian Pied Flycatcher
• Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas), a large saturniid moth species
• Atlas Turtle (Colossochelys atlas), a prehistoric giant tortoise, formerly in the genus Testudo

Physics

• ATLAS experiment, a particle detector for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
• Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System, a particle accelerator at the Argonne National Laboratory
• Atomic Terrace Low Angle Shadowing, a nanofabrication technique

Mathematics

• Atlas (topology), a collection of local coordinate charts in mathematics
• ATLAS of Finite Groups, a noted book

Space

• Atlas (rocket family) family of rockets
  • SM-65 Atlas, early model Atlas rocket
  • Mercury-Atlas, the combination Atlas and Mercury spacecraft
  • Atlas II
  • Atlas III was a US launch vehicle (2000–2005)
  • Atlas V (2002–Present)
• Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope, the proposed successor for the Hubble Space Telescope

Computing

• Atlas Computer (Manchester) (1962–1971), an early computer built at the University of Manchester
  • Titan (computer), also known as the Atlas 2, its successor
  • Atlas Autocode, a programming language developed for the Atlas Computer
• UNIVAC 1101, also known as the Atlas
  • UNIVAC 1103, also known as the Atlas II
• ATLAS Transformation Language, an OMG standard for performing model transformations
• "Atlas" was the former name for ASP.NET AJAX, Microsoft software, a set of ASP.NET extensions providing Ajax functionality
• Atlas Terrain Engine, developed by Garage Games for use in their Torque Shader Engine
• ATLAS, Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software an optimized BLAS implementation
• ATLAS, Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems, a programming language used for automated test equipment
• Atlas.ti, a qualitative analysis software
• Texture atlas
• Atlas, a Supercomputer installed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2006
• ATLAS, control software used on the Pendolino train

Geography

• Atlas District, an arts and entertainment district in the Near Northeast neighborhood of Washington, D.C., USA
• Atlas, California, an unincorporated community in Napa County, California, USA
• Atlas, Illinois, an unincorporated community in western Pike County, Illinois, USA
• Atlas Mountains, a complex of mountain ranges in northwest Africa
  • Anti-Atlas, a mountain range in Morocco
  • High Atlas, a mountain range in Morocco, contains the highest point in the Atlas Mountains
    • Grand Atlas Mountains, another name for the High Atlas
  • Middle Atlas, a mountain range in Northern Morocco
  • Saharan Atlas, a mountain range in Algeria
  • Tell Atlas, the Atlas mountain range that parallels the Mediterranean coast
• Atlas, Pennsylvania, USA
• Atlas, Wisconsin, USA
• Atlas Township, Michigan, USA
• Atlas Peak AVA, California wine region in Napa Valley

Entertainment

• Atlas (album), an album by Mexican electro-pop band Kinky
• Atlas (band), a rock band from Christchurch, New Zealand
• "Atlas", a single from the album Mirrored by experimental rock group Battles
• Atlas (film), a 1961 movie by Roger Corman
• Atlas Games (company), a publisher of role-playing and card games
• Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator, a large hydraulic motion simulator for the theme park industry
• RTV Atlas a broadcaster in Montenegro
  • Radio Atlas, a radio station in Montenegro

Literature and press

• Atlas Shrugged, a novel by Ayn Rand
• Atlas, a book of photography by German artist Gerhard Richter
• The Atlas (novel), by American author William T. Vollmann
• Atlas (magazine), Turkish monthly magazine on geography, environment, history and culture
• The World Atlas of Wine, resource on wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson

Comics

• Atlas Comics (1950s), the company that evolved into Marvel Comics
  • Agents of Atlas, a Marvel Comics mini-series that included a foundation named Atlas
• Atlas, a fictional character from Marvel Comics, also known as Erik Josten (formerly a member of the Thunderbolts)
• Atlas (comics series), a comic book series by Dylan Horrocks
• Atlas (DC Comics), a fictional character published by DC Comics
  • "The Coming of Atlas", a DC Comics story arc featuring Atlas
• Atlas/Seaboard Comics, (1970s) a line of comics published by Seaboard Periodicals
• Atlas (Teen Titans), a fictional villain in the Teen Titans animated series
• King Atlas, a Transformers character
• Atlas (Astro Boy), the brother and recurring rival of Astro Boy in the Anime and later TV series
• In PS 238, Atlas is a famous superhero and the father of one of the main characters

Companies

• Atlas Air, a cargo airline based in Purchase, New York
• Atlas Aircraft, a US aircraft maker in the 1940s
• Atlas Aviation, an aircraft maintenance firm in Florida, USA
• Atlas Blue, a low-cost airline based in Marrakech, Morocco
• Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives
• Atlas Consortium, group of technology companies
• Atlas Copco, a Swedish rock drill manufacturer
  • Polar Atlas, historic Swedish diesel maker, later part of Atlas Copco
• Atlas Corporation, an architectural company
• Atlas Drop Forge Company, a parts subsidiary of the former REO Motor Car Company
• Atlas Group, Business Group in Pakistan
  • Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan, Atlas Group joint venture with Honda to build cars and motorbikes
  • Atlas Bank, bank in Pakistan
• Atlas-Imperial, a historic American diesel engine builder
• Atlas Media Corporation, a non-fiction entertainment company based in New York City, USA
• Atlas Model Railroad, maker of scale railroad models
• Atlas Press, UK publisher
• Atlas Press (tool company) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the largest supplier of machine tools to the hobbyist market in the middle of the 20th century
• Atlas Telecom, a worldwide communications company
• Atlas Van Lines, a moving company
• Atlas Werke, a shipbuilder based in Bremen, Germany
• STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH was a German defence company producing electronics until 2003
• Atlas Elektronik GmbH, a naval/marine electronics and systems business based in Bremen, Germany
• Atlasjet, a Turkish airline
• Dresser Atlas, a provider of oil field services and subsequently factory automation services
• Western Atlas, US company, subsequently Atlas Wireline and Baker Atlas
• Tele Atlas, a Dutch mapping company

People

• Meir Atlas (1848–1926), Rabbi of Shavel in Lithuania and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva
• Charles Atlas (1892–1972), a famous bodybuilder
• Tony Atlas (born 1954), a professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter
• Teddy Atlas (born 1956), a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator
• Natacha Atlas (born 1964), a Belgian singer
• James Atlas (born 1949), is a founding editor of the Lipper/Viking Penguin Lives Series
• Atlas DaBone, an American professional wrestler
• Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician (born 1952)

Military

• Atlas Aircraft Corporation, a South African military aircraft manufacturer, formerly known as Atlas Aviation
  • Atlas Oryx, a medium-sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa
  • Atlas Cheetah, a fighter aircraft of the South African Air Force
  • Atlas Carver, a South African military jet development project that was cancelled in the 1990s
  • Atlas XH-1 Alpha, a military helicopter
• ATLAS (simulation), a system used to conduct military Command Post Exercises (CPX) within the Royal Thai Army
• Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, a British military aeroplane manufactured (1927–1933)
• HMLAT-303 is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Atlas
• USS Atlas is the name of three different US warships between 1869 and 1972
• HMS Atlas is the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
• Atlas, Royal Air Force name for the Airbus A400M

Automotive

• Atlas (automobile), an American automobile manufactured from 1907 to 1913
• Atlas (1951 automobile), originally known as La Coccinelle, a mini-car made in France in 1951
• GM Atlas engine, a family of truck engines from General Motors
• Nissan Atlas, a Japanese light truck
• Atlas, a van made by the Standard Motor Company (UK) 1958–62
  • Atlas Major, a Standard Motor Company van 1962–1963
• Atlas (light trucks), a vehicle manufacturer in Greece

Sport

• Atlas Stone, a boulder lifting event in strength events
• Club Atlas, a Mexican professional football club
• Club Atlético Atlas, an Argentinian amateur football club

Other

• Atlas (architecture), a support or column sculpted in the form of a man
• Atlas (cartography), a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form
• Atlas languages, a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
• Atlas Uranium Mill, a decommissioned uranium mill near Moab, Utah
• Atlas Vampire, the nickname of the assailant of the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1932
• Atlas Economic Research Foundation, an incubator for free market think tanks
• Atlas (1863–1885), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives
• Atlas (1927–1962), a LMS Royal Scot Class steam locomotive
• Atlas, a book size
• Atlas, a character from the video game Bioshock
• Atlas, a BattleMech from the BattleTech series
• ATLAS is an acronym for Association for Tourism and Leisure Education, a European educational project
• Atlas V (boat), a Belgian tug boat used by the resistance in World War I
• Birdman Atlas – ultralight aircraft
• Cloud atlas, an atlas of kinds of clouds
• ST Atlas, a Swedish tug boat
• Atlas Network, a network special police units of Europe
•  Atlas (hospital ship), formerly HMS Atlas, used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, London from 1881-1904
• Atlas, a fictional character in the 2007 video game BioShock
• Atlas, one of two fictional player-controlled robots in the co-operative mode of Portal 2

See also

• All pages with titles containing "atlas"
• Cloud atlas (disambiguation)

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